"""""The 400,000 square foot warehouse did have a sprinkler system that was working when fire crews arrived on the scene, but it clearly was not enough to keep the fire contained. """""
Smoke from a massive warehouse fire in Grand Prairie on February 8, 2011 could be seen clearly from downtown Fort Worth. (credit: Brian Luenser)
GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters in Grand Prairie continue to battle a stubborn four-alarm warehouse fire on Tuesday morning. The incident was first reported late Monday night in the 1000 block of Post & Paddock Lane, at a building in the Pitney Bowers Industrial Complex.
The initial call came to authorities just before 8:00 p.m. Monday night, when someone inside of the building reported smoke. The fire’s intensity quickly increased, requiring some assistance by fire departments from Irving, Dallas and Arlington. The smoke could be seen over Highway 360 and Interstate-20.
The 400,000 square foot warehouse did have a sprinkler system that was working when fire crews arrived on the scene, but it clearly was not enough to keep the fire contained. The roof of the building collapsed at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, followed by a wall at about 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Explosions were reported from the within the fire.
According to the Grand Prairie Fire Department, the actual warehouse being destroyed by this fire stores stacks and pallets of empty aluminum cans which are wrapped in plastic. This has made the fire difficult to control, officials said, because the materials are highly combustible.
The good news is that, despite the size and intensity of the flames, crews do seem to have the blaze under control, and there have been no reports of injuries from within 55 fire crews. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/02/08/crews-battle-large-warehouse-fire-in-grand-prairie/
Smoke from a massive warehouse fire in Grand Prairie on February 8, 2011 could be seen clearly from downtown Fort Worth. (credit: Brian Luenser)
GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters in Grand Prairie continue to battle a stubborn four-alarm warehouse fire on Tuesday morning. The incident was first reported late Monday night in the 1000 block of Post & Paddock Lane, at a building in the Pitney Bowers Industrial Complex.
The initial call came to authorities just before 8:00 p.m. Monday night, when someone inside of the building reported smoke. The fire’s intensity quickly increased, requiring some assistance by fire departments from Irving, Dallas and Arlington. The smoke could be seen over Highway 360 and Interstate-20.
The 400,000 square foot warehouse did have a sprinkler system that was working when fire crews arrived on the scene, but it clearly was not enough to keep the fire contained. The roof of the building collapsed at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, followed by a wall at about 5:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Explosions were reported from the within the fire.
According to the Grand Prairie Fire Department, the actual warehouse being destroyed by this fire stores stacks and pallets of empty aluminum cans which are wrapped in plastic. This has made the fire difficult to control, officials said, because the materials are highly combustible.
The good news is that, despite the size and intensity of the flames, crews do seem to have the blaze under control, and there have been no reports of injuries from within 55 fire crews. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/02/08/crews-battle-large-warehouse-fire-in-grand-prairie/
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